Developing Disciples Who Continue: Spiritual Leadership Podcast
One of the themes I often ponder is how to be faithful to the Lord and His calling on my life throughout my entire life. We hear often about attrition in the ministry and Christians who fall out of their race. And none of us want that. Not only do I want to be finish...
Exceeding Abundantly Above: An Update from Spiritual Leadership Conference Asia
After the 2016 Spiritual Leadership Conference Asia, we not only made immediate plans for a 2018 conference, but we also determined to add as far-reaching outreach the weekend before the conference as would be possible. Over the past several months, our team in...
Let Us Not Be Weary—Growth Points 75
As leaders, we easily mis-measure success. We tend to believe that success is all about our attendance number or an offering number or some other statistic. But God has called His servants to one measurement of success—faithfulness. Several days ago, through the...
Announcing: Online Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies at WCBC
We started West Coast Baptist College in the fall of 1995 with a passion to train the next generation of spiritual leaders for ministry in the local Baptist church. It has been amazing to see what God has done. Twenty-two years later, God has allowed us to see...
Focus
Learn to identify distractions, realign priorities, cultivate Christ-centered habits, and press forward with joy in Christ.
Pastor Paul Chappell
Dr. Paul Chappell is the senior pastor of the Lancaster Baptist Church and president of West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California. His biblical vision has led the church to become one of the most dynamic independent Baptist churches in the nation. He has been married to his wife, Terrie, for over forty years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry.
"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." (Mark 1:35)